Girls Rule

The gals in part of my family have gotten the real treat of vacationing together every few years for a long weekend.  It is always a blast, filled with lots of laughing and catching up and hanging out.  This year, we hit a beachside community in Michigan.

I, especially, enjoyed hanging out with Lena (and without the boys).  It was fun just to meet her at her level and have tons of energy to include her in the group without other distractions.  And SHE had a BLAST!!  She loved everything about the weekend and was a trooper for all of the shopping and walking and odd mealtimes/bedtimes, etc.

(...love this picture because I know it made my Mom nervous to see Lena acting the daredevil like her father!!!)

We look forward to next year...where shall we go next???

Quickly Covered

Birthdays of the latter part of May (as well as PJ in August) took a back seat to the move in-progress.  We went a bit more lower key than usual and focused on celebrating the person rather than the hoopla surrounding.  We toyed around with having one last blast in Maypalooza, but it wasn't meant to be!

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Look out next year, summer birthdays! 

We're going to party like it's...well, you know how the song goes.

How to say goodbye in a thousand easy steps:

I think most bloggers, even recreational ones like me, would tell you they find themselves surprised at the end of a three month blogging hiatus. I mean, three months...where has the time gone? Blogging breaks can be intentional, but this break wasn’t meant to occur. In hindsight, however, I really don’t know when I would have found the time to post!

My break comes in part from the move, as well as trouble working on a set up for photo up load and writing at our new place. The other part, though, has been finding the energy to say goodbye to the Scout Road Schoolhouse and hello to something new. (And what might that something new be???)

To sign off, then, from the Schoolhouse, I’ll be posting a series on how the five of us have said farewell to the southeast.